Gazette
Breakout Tables: Where the Good Ideas Actually Happen
Tables for the spaces between meetings: standard or poseur height, round for conversation, bases that leave the edge clear, and castors for rooms that change.
Ergonomics on a Small Budget: What to Fix First
If the budget is small, spend it in this order: screen height, chair adjustment, desk layout, then everything else. Practical fixes from free upwards.
Meeting Room Chairs: Comfort That Keeps Meetings Shorter
Chairs for the meeting room that suit an hour or two without inviting a third: usage ratings, seat and arm heights against your table, stacking and castors.
Heavy Duty and 24 Hour Chairs: Built for Proper Shifts
Control rooms, call centres and shared seats need chairs rated for round the clock use and higher weights. What the 24 hour rating covers, and when you do not need one.
Straight and Rectangular Desks: The Sensible Default, Done Well
The straight desk is the office's white t-shirt. Ben on widths, depths, the three leg styles and whether you need a modesty panel.
The £200 Desk and the £2,000 Desk: What Actually Changes
Board thickness, frame, cable management, motors and guarantee years: an honest tour of what more money buys in a desk, and where the curve flattens.
Chair Mats and Floor Protection: Save the Carpet, Spare the Caster
The quiet economics of office chair mats: what wears out first, how to size a mat, and why standing desks need a different kind altogether.
Canteen and Dining Chairs: Hard Wearing Seats for the Hungriest Room
Wipe-clean finishes, stacking frames and seat heights that match the table: how Marcus picks canteen chairs that survive lunch rush after lunch rush.
Modular Seating: Build the Breakout You Actually Need
Modular office seating is bought as one object and used as one object, which wastes the point of it. Plan by module, corner and power unit instead.
Desk Screens: Privacy, Focus, and a Bit of Peace
The sightline maths behind screen heights, what acoustic classes actually mean, and which fixing fits which desk. Ben on desk screens, with numbers.
Office Safes: What Belongs in One (and What Really Doesn't)
Cash ratings, fire ratings and why they are not the same number. Emma on sizing an office safe, what to keep out of it, and bolting it down properly.
Training Room Tables: Flip Tops, Castors and Quick Change Rooms
Rows on Tuesday, interviews on Wednesday. Marcus on castors, flip tops and the shapes that make a training room change in minutes rather than lunchtimes.